Sites that have to do with Biology including cells, water, evolution, genetics, and anything else life science that is not environmental or evolution.
1)University of California Berkeley "Understanding Evolution"
This site has everything a teacher might need to teach evolution. This site is for both teachers and students because it has many excellent links explaining evolution as well as a very in depth explanation on how to teach evolution.
2)University of Utah Genetics
This site has many online interactive exploration activities that would help students understand everything about genetics (genes to proteins). I would give this site to any student interested in learning more about genetics.
3)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_cell.html
This site explains what a cell, DNA, RNA are according to NIH. It lists the parts as well as the differences between eukaryote and prokaryote. The page explains mitosis, meiosis, virus and bacterial reproduction and types of mammalian cells. The second part goes through proteins, RNA, and DNA as well as genetic recombination. This might be a useful site to direct students to if they are interested in obtaining more information on cells/genetics but #2 is much more interesting unless the student merely wants to read information
4)http://darwin-online.org.uk/
The complete works of Darwin including everything from his illustrations to his acceptance into college. It has scanned images (including his own hand writing) and the text typed out for everything. This might be useful for an online website exploration when teaching the history of science.
5)http://www.natureserve.org/index.jsp
This is an encyclopedia for all life on Earth but it will not be completely finished for several years. Right now the only area that they have begun to catalog (very in depth) is North America. I think this could be another website exploration where students can pick any animal to do a report on and explain it which could lead into biodiversity. Look under the get data tab and use the explorer feature to search for a certain species.
6) http://www.biologica.concord.org
This is the website of Concord Consortium, devoted to curriculum development. This site has two interactive activities: one about Mendelian pea genetics and the other called Dragon Genetics. I love the Dragon Genetics activity. It can easily be modified to be a non-computer activity. Have students draw or create their own dragons using the chromosomes and alleles that you generate beforehand.
9) http://tolweb.org/tree/ This site is still being constructed but is a wonderful resource. The Tree of Life project is an international endeavor to provide phylogenetic information and general characteristics about organisms from around the world. It is a catalogue of sorts with beautiful photos.
12) here is a pdf of an instrument that measures knowledge of Natural Selection and Evolution. it is called the CINS and was developed by Diane Anderson and Kathleen Fisher.
13) http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/index.html This is the link to the homepage of Dragonfly TV. There are tons of activities for kids to do themselves in class or at home, for kids to do play on the computer and for teachers to set up/modify in the classroom. There are short videos on the website as well. This is funded by PBS and is a great resource for middle school teachers. This site has info on Earth science (physical and chemical) and Life science (biological and chemical).
14) http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/ Lesson plans, pedagogy, forums, philosophy and culture... this site seems a little out there compared to most science stuff, but the lesson plans look pretty thorough and they have a constructivist approach to learning.
15) http://www.practicalbiology.org/ Do you wonder how teachers in Europe teach the same biological principles that we teach in American schools? This website is for teachers in the U.K. and describes several high school level biology activities. The site is associated with the Society for Biology in the U.K., an organization that is committed to finding fora for scientists, students, teachers, and industrial biologists to communicate and share ideas.
16) http://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/photoweb/subjects.html#overview This website is an annotated bibliography to other web resources all related to photosynthesis. Some of the links are purely about content that may help you as a teacher, and others are student-friendly and perfect as a teaching tool. This is a great site!
17) http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/activities/index.html This web link is to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's teacher resource page. Check out the other pages on this site. There are virtual labs and interactive hands-on labs described, and the topics range from Evolution to Obesity to Stem cells.
18)http://www.biologyjunction.com/ This site gathers resources for biology teachers of all levels. This includes lessons, activities, powerpoints, worksheets, and other useful links. Resources can be adapted to fit your particular needs.
22) Microbes in Action-- a number of really great labs relating to bacteria. Great for a microbiology unit! The labs are very well written, interesting, and provide all// of the information you could possibly need to carry out the lab (including letters home to parents, worksheets, and more!) In addition, some of the labs have multiple different labs that can be carried out over the course of several days.
23) http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow?feature=results_main This is a link to a YouTube channel called "SciShow" It has weekly updates about current discoveries in science and has information about pop-culture science, including the science behind the cinnamon challenge and how the drug "bath salts" affect the brain
24) Need resources or examples to teach genetics to your students? Go to: http://genetics.thetech.org/ The Tech Museum of Innovation -- Stanford University has a great site that includes an "ask a geneticist" feature.
25) This is a great website of educational games relating to anatomy. The one I like the best is the whack a-bone to help teach the bones in our body: http://anatomyarcade.com/games/WAB/WAB.html
26) In higher level biology classes, or teaching about cell division/genetics a great application of the content is to cancer. This site has a number of educational resources, animations and games related to cancer biology: http://www.cancerquest.org/overview-education-center.html
27) This is a link teaching natural selection. The simulation shows in the environment and how different variables can effect the population. Variables that can be changed are the environment (snowy or summer time) and if there are predators around. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection
28) This is a link to "How Science Works". This is a free podcast from California Academy of Sciences that is very useful for communicating scientific concepts to students, especially those in introductory biology courses. There are also podcasts available for other science fields as well. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-science-in-action/id416250603?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
29.) This is a link to the "Genetics Home Reference". It is great for brushing up on the basics of genetics and provides helpful videos and pictures that are great to present to students due to their length and simplicity. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
30) This website is a great list of resources. There is a list of fifteen different science websites. There resources include scientific articles, interactive games, simulations, videos, and virtual labs. Many different things to look at so allow some time to play around and find just what you're looking for, enjoy! http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/free-science-websites.html
1)University of California Berkeley "Understanding Evolution"
This site has everything a teacher might need to teach evolution. This site is for both teachers and students because it has many excellent links explaining evolution as well as a very in depth explanation on how to teach evolution.
2)University of Utah Genetics
This site has many online interactive exploration activities that would help students understand everything about genetics (genes to proteins). I would give this site to any student interested in learning more about genetics.
3)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_cell.html
This site explains what a cell, DNA, RNA are according to NIH. It lists the parts as well as the differences between eukaryote and prokaryote. The page explains mitosis, meiosis, virus and bacterial reproduction and types of mammalian cells. The second part goes through proteins, RNA, and DNA as well as genetic recombination. This might be a useful site to direct students to if they are interested in obtaining more information on cells/genetics but #2 is much more interesting unless the student merely wants to read information
4)http://darwin-online.org.uk/
The complete works of Darwin including everything from his illustrations to his acceptance into college. It has scanned images (including his own hand writing) and the text typed out for everything. This might be useful for an online website exploration when teaching the history of science.
5)http://www.natureserve.org/index.jsp
This is an encyclopedia for all life on Earth but it will not be completely finished for several years. Right now the only area that they have begun to catalog (very in depth) is North America. I think this could be another website exploration where students can pick any animal to do a report on and explain it which could lead into biodiversity. Look under the get data tab and use the explorer feature to search for a certain species.
6) http://www.biologica.concord.org
This is the website of Concord Consortium, devoted to curriculum development. This site has two interactive activities: one about Mendelian pea genetics and the other called Dragon Genetics. I love the Dragon Genetics activity. It can easily be modified to be a non-computer activity. Have students draw or create their own dragons using the chromosomes and alleles that you generate beforehand.
7) Need information on the Human Genome Project?
Go to http://www.genome.gov
8) http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http:www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/smal1.html
Smallest page on the web has information about all kinds of protists. The photos are stunning!
9) http://tolweb.org/tree/
This site is still being constructed but is a wonderful resource. The Tree of Life project is an international endeavor to provide phylogenetic information and general characteristics about organisms from around the world. It is a catalogue of sorts with beautiful photos.
10) http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/biology/biolps.html
This is a page full of lesson plans developed and written by high school teachers who attended the summer science teacher program at Columbia University.
11) http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept19109/files/251124.html
This collection of lesson plans is from Southwestern Medical Center in Texas. The lessons are relevant for Anatomy & Physiology, AP Biology and maybe some intro Biology classes.
12) here is a pdf of an instrument that measures knowledge of Natural Selection and Evolution. it is called the CINS and was developed by Diane Anderson and Kathleen Fisher.
13) http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/index.html
This is the link to the homepage of Dragonfly TV. There are tons of activities for kids to do themselves in class or at home, for kids to do play on the computer and for teachers to set up/modify in the classroom. There are short videos on the website as well. This is funded by PBS and is a great resource for middle school teachers. This site has info on Earth science (physical and chemical) and Life science (biological and chemical).
14) http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/
Lesson plans, pedagogy, forums, philosophy and culture... this site seems a little out there compared to most science stuff, but the lesson plans look pretty thorough and they have a constructivist approach to learning.
15) http://www.practicalbiology.org/
Do you wonder how teachers in Europe teach the same biological principles that we teach in American schools? This website is for teachers in the U.K. and describes several high school level biology activities. The site is associated with the Society for Biology in the U.K., an organization that is committed to finding fora for scientists, students, teachers, and industrial biologists to communicate and share ideas.
16) http://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/photoweb/subjects.html#overview
This website is an annotated bibliography to other web resources all related to photosynthesis. Some of the links are purely about content that may help you as a teacher, and others are student-friendly and perfect as a teaching tool. This is a great site!
17) http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/activities/index.html
This web link is to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's teacher resource page. Check out the other pages on this site. There are virtual labs and interactive hands-on labs described, and the topics range from Evolution to Obesity to Stem cells.
18)http://www.biologyjunction.com/
This site gathers resources for biology teachers of all levels. This includes lessons, activities, powerpoints, worksheets, and other useful links. Resources can be adapted to fit your particular needs.
19)http://mcelroye.people.cofc.edu/BIOL201LAB/Labs/Lab%2011%20Digestion.pdf
A cookbook laboratory about digestion. It covers the misconception that size doesn't matter in absorption.
20) https://sites.google.com/site/missevansbiology/
A google site containing a post assessment relating to the digestive system, biomolecules, and cellular respiration.
21) http://wildlife.state.co.us/EDUCATION/TEACHERRESOURCES/Pages/TeacherResources2.aspx
A teacher website for lessons, service learning projects, and student activities
22) Microbes in Action-- a number of really great labs relating to bacteria. Great for a microbiology unit! The labs are very well written, interesting, and provide all// of the information you could possibly need to carry out the lab (including letters home to parents, worksheets, and more!) In addition, some of the labs have multiple different labs that can be carried out over the course of several days.
23) http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow?feature=results_main This is a link to a YouTube channel called "SciShow" It has weekly updates about current discoveries in science and has information about pop-culture science, including the science behind the cinnamon challenge and how the drug "bath salts" affect the brain
24) Need resources or examples to teach genetics to your students? Go to:
http://genetics.thetech.org/ The Tech Museum of Innovation -- Stanford University has a great site that includes an "ask a geneticist" feature.
25) This is a great website of educational games relating to anatomy. The one I like the best is the whack a-bone to help teach the bones in our body: http://anatomyarcade.com/games/WAB/WAB.html
26) In higher level biology classes, or teaching about cell division/genetics a great application of the content is to cancer. This site has a number of educational resources, animations and games related to cancer biology: http://www.cancerquest.org/overview-education-center.html
27) This is a link teaching natural selection. The simulation shows in the environment and how different variables can effect the population. Variables that can be changed are the environment (snowy or summer time) and if there are predators around.
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection
28) This is a link to "How Science Works". This is a free podcast from California Academy of Sciences that is very useful for communicating scientific concepts to students, especially those in introductory biology courses. There are also podcasts available for other science fields as well.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-science-in-action/id416250603?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
29.) This is a link to the "Genetics Home Reference". It is great for brushing up on the basics of genetics and provides helpful videos and pictures that are great to present to students due to their length and simplicity.
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
30) This website is a great list of resources. There is a list of fifteen different science websites. There resources include scientific articles, interactive games, simulations, videos, and virtual labs. Many different things to look at so allow some time to play around and find just what you're looking for, enjoy!
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/free-science-websites.html